Budget boost to coil lift
03-29-2013, 02:09 PM
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03-29-2013, 02:19 PM
#13
JK Junkie
IMO, if you wheel your rig. I would replace the shafts front and rear before they leave you stranded or blow up your transfer case if one fails to that extent. It will not be necessary right away, but most say they get around 60k out of the shafts at that height before they fail.
03-29-2013, 02:24 PM
#14
JK Super Freak
The bracket has like three different settings depending on your lift before or after a heavier bumper so you can adjust it accordingly. They are made specifically to dial in a proper castor angle. Look it up on their website. Spend an average of $300 on just the lower set of adjustable control arms that the bushings will wear quickly or keep your factory arms that'll last waaay longer and spend only $99.
My issue with stock arms is not an argument of drop brackets vs adjustable. My issue with them is that they bend too easily if you actually wheel your rig. Aftermarket adjustables like rock krawler are solid steel and can basically hold the weight if a jeep falling off a rock. So the $200 price difference between brackets and adj control arms is justices for people that use their jeep for rock crawling.
The brackets wouldn't last very long on trails we run here in the northeast since they hang low and scream "rip me off".
I have nothing against any method that people use to adjust caster (arms, brackets, cam bolts) as long as they understand the disadvantages of each choice. The only real disadvantage to adjustable arms is upfront cost. The joints will last a long time assuming you follow the recommended maintenance. Stock arms will be fine as long as you avoid rocks or spend big money on skids. Brackets are fine for daily driving, sand, mud and dirt wheeling. Rocks...you have to be very careful.
03-29-2013, 02:31 PM
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My issue with stock arms is not an argument of drop brackets vs adjustable. My issue with them is that they bend too easily if you actually wheel your rig. Aftermarket adjustables like rock krawler are solid steel and can basically hold the weight if a jeep falling off a rock. So the $200 price difference between brackets and adj control arms is justices for people that use their jeep for rock crawling.
The brackets wouldn't last very long on trails we run here in the northeast since they hang low and scream "rip me off".
I have nothing against any method that people use to adjust caster (arms, brackets, cam bolts) as long as they understand the disadvantages of each choice. The only real disadvantage to adjustable arms is upfront cost. The joints will last a long time assuming you follow the recommended maintenance. Stock arms will be fine as long as you avoid rocks or spend big money on skids. Brackets are fine for daily driving, sand, mud and dirt wheeling. Rocks...you have to be very careful.
The brackets wouldn't last very long on trails we run here in the northeast since they hang low and scream "rip me off".
I have nothing against any method that people use to adjust caster (arms, brackets, cam bolts) as long as they understand the disadvantages of each choice. The only real disadvantage to adjustable arms is upfront cost. The joints will last a long time assuming you follow the recommended maintenance. Stock arms will be fine as long as you avoid rocks or spend big money on skids. Brackets are fine for daily driving, sand, mud and dirt wheeling. Rocks...you have to be very careful.
03-29-2013, 02:48 PM
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I have a 3" on my 2 door and ywh there's some stress on the drive shaft but if u look at my pinion angle there isn't much stress on the drive shaft and if u get rear upper control arms u can change the pinion angle to help relieve stress
03-29-2013, 03:13 PM
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As for bending stock arms, my fear is having an arm bend too much or break which makes getting home a bit of an issue. And yes, I've seen it many times. Plus, we have to drive 2+ hours to every trail we have out here so driving a 4" lifted jeep on stock arms and no caster adjustment is not exactly fun either.